Boynton Reunion

7 June 2018, we left Santa Fe and drove to Legacy Lodge in Arizona. The big lodge is in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest; the closest town is Heber-Overgaard. The house is an impressively large log construction made of huge cedars from British Columbia. Beyond the striking log construction and the immense scale, the planning of the place is wonkey. The bathrooms are awkward, the furniture selection is odd, and the kitchen has only one small refrigerator. In spite of those shortcomings, it was a delightful place with a pond for fishing and swimming, horses for the kids to ride, and lots of places to gather and visit. Rachel Boynton Maka planned and bought all the food, and we all took turns cooking and cleaning up. We arrived on Thursday and departed on Sunday morning. We drove straight home through northern Arizona by way of Chinle and up into southern Utah and Bluff. Happily. we arrived in Provo in time to catch the tail end of Meagan and the kids' visit. They spent the week at our house while we were away.

A beautiful setting in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest

 Legacy Lodge

 Dinner was ready

 Kris and Matt embrace

 Trevor, Kim, Matt, and Kris visiting at the dining table

 One of two large seating areas for visiting

 Bonnie, Kris, and Grandmother looking at Anna's new house online

 It's pleasant to rock in the shade

 Our team cooked lasagna, garlic bread, and salad

 Traveling in style to and from the corral where the kids were riding

 Sharing memories of the grandparents

 Mark was MC

Grandmother Boynton

 

 Binkers and Blake at the talent show

 Master of the house

 Navajo tacos at Chinle

 So good to see these kids

Back to Hawaii

We had a couple of fun weeks visiting with family, enjoying special occasions with people we love. Life will be normal for a few days, but very soon the family will descend for summer in Utah, a time we love! This is all for now.

OXO

D.

Un Poco Mas de Santa Fe y Taos

We spent a couple of more good days in Santa Fe, and on the last day, made a visit to Taos. I do love a walk up the arroyo with Anna, but my favorite walks in Santa Fe take me to town. We were pleased to be in Santa Fe for Anders' birthday and I made a couple of pies for his celebration. In town, we returned to the Rainbow Man shop between Cathedral Park and the Plaza on East Palace Avenue to buy two Pendleton Blankets for our collection: a belated anniversary present. After our visit to Taos, we stopped at Ranchos de Taos to see San Francisco de Asis, the famous adobe church. We had lunch at Ranchos Plaza Grill, an excellent, quaint New Mexican restaurant on the plaza at Ranchos.

 Dinner with boys at Tacos Fundacion on Guadalupe Street 

while the parents were in Wyoming

Mediocre sushi for Anders birtday

 Birthday presents for Anders

 Lemon and chocolate pies for the fifteen-year-old

 Cactus blossoms on my morning walk

 Morning walk to town

 Vendors at the Loretto Chapel on my morning walk

 Hollyhocks on Canyon Road on another morning walk

 Grammy and Clara sewing up a storm

 San Geronimo Church within the Taos Pueblo

 North House

 Adobe and turquoise

 Clara, Lucy, Grammy, and North House

 Our very fine tour guide with the original San Geronimo 

ruins in the rear

 Red Willow Creek is the lifeline of the pueblo

 North House from the creek bank

Precious water from the glacial Blue Lake high in the Taos Pueblo

Wilderness Area, was returned to the tribe by Richard Nixon in 1970

 Appreciative tourists

 The San Geronimo gate

 San Francisco de Asis in Ranchos de Taos

 The sturdy adobe structure has been a favorite subjects for 

artists over the years

 Ranchos Plaza Grill is charming and....

 The food was excellent

 Two beautiful additions to our Pendleton blanket collection

Adios Santa Fe; hasta luego

We had a most enjoyable visit, and then we were off to Arizona for a Boynton family reunion. So there is more, but this is all for now.

OXO

D.

Lucy Jane's Graduation

29 May 2018, we headed down the road (actually it's up) to Santa Fe for Lucy Jane's graduation from Santa Fe Prep. The very day was 31 May, our 46th anniversary! Bill and Jlynn came from Hawaii and it was a nice time for the families to be together for a great occasion.The Hastings' home was being tested for radon and they couldn't open the windows, so we were glad we took our fan.

 Supper at the Shake Foundation on the first night

 Walking the arroyo with Anna, Anders, and Bella

 Unbelievable, brilliant red cactus blossoms in the arroyo

 Lunch on the 30th at Clafouti's

 Lucy's Baccalaureate was held in the beautiful

Saint Francis Auditorium

 Courtyard and portal

 The family gathered following the Baccalaureate

The pasty dough failed three times so I made meat pie

A beautiful spot on....

 A lovely evening for an alfresco meal

Pop Pop and the boys

 Gifts for the graduate

The beautiful graduate with her graduation bouquet

 Lucy was honored with the Robert W. Kurth Humanities Award

 Graduate and family

 Post-grad lunch back at the Shake Foundation

 A Santa Fe walking tour: it was Jlynn's first time in town

 Seventeenth-century San Miguel Mission

 Loretto Chapel, 1873

 Miraculous Stairway built for the Sisters of Loretto by

St. Joseph the carpenter

 MoCNA from the Cathedral 

 Shiprock Santa Fe is upstairs in the building on the corner

 Shiprock Santa Fe is a wonderful gallery with traditional and 

contemporary artifacts and art

 Everything reminds me of Uncle Tony

 Ganado reds

 Such wonderful colors in these contemporary weavings

 Enjoying Santa Fe

Late afternoon in Cathedral Park

Graduation dinner at the Ranch House

Rob's Grandmother died just before the trip and so the Hastings all flew off to Salt Lake City so they could attend the funeral in Star Valley, WY. We stayed behind with the kids and had a few more days in Santa Fe. So there is more, but this is all for now.

OXO 

D.